Beginning Sounds Phonics Worksheets (m–r)
How the sounds work (Listen to the first sound): Look at the picture and say its name slowly: m… monkey. The first sound tells you the missing letter. q is almost always followed by u: queen, question.
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- 1.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) olive (b) monkey (c) robot
- 2.Which picture starts like “pig”? (a) milk (b) run (c) pencil
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nose (b) question (c) parrot
- 4.Which picture starts like “run”? (a) olive (b) octopus (c) rain
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) olive (b) queen (c) rocket
- 6.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) p (c) n
- 7.💅 _ail — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) q
- 8.🤖 _obot — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) r (c) p
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) pencil (b) nose (c) olive
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nest (b) ox (c) rocket
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) moon (b) panda (c) ring
- 12.🗺️ _ap — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) q (c) r
- 13.🐙 _ctopus — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) o
- 14.Which picture starts like “queen”? (a) question (b) parrot (c) olive
- 15.Which picture starts like “nail”? (a) nut (b) pizza (c) ox
- 16.Which picture starts like “milk”? (a) mouse (b) pin (c) ox
- 17.📌 _in — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) n
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) pin (b) rose (c) moon
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) nail (b) queen (c) pizza
- 20.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) monkey (b) rose (c) rocket
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) moon (b) paint (c) nine
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) rat (b) rice (c) potato
- 23.Which picture starts like “robot”? (a) pear (b) rat (c) nine
- 24.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) n (c) q
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) nose (b) pizza (c) milk
- 26.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) mango (b) nut (c) ox
- 27.Which picture starts like “map”? (a) parrot (b) mouse (c) nine
- 28.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) pig (b) milk (c) rabbit
- 29.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) ox (b) paint (c) rabbit
- 30.Which picture starts like “panda”? (a) paint (b) nest (c) robot
- 31.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) queen (b) pizza (c) pan
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) run (b) needle (c) potato
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) rat (b) question (c) parrot
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) rainbow (b) paint (c) nail
- 35.🖊️ _en — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) m (c) p
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) octopus (b) monkey (c) mouse
- 37.🥅 _et — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) q
- 38.🌹 _ose — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) n (c) p
- 39.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) nail (b) ox (c) pizza
- 40.Which picture starts like “net”? (a) pencil (b) needle (c) rose
Answer key
- olive
- pencil
- parrot
- rain
- olive
- o
- n
- r
- pencil
- rocket
- moon
- m
- o
- question
- nut
- mouse
- p
- rose
- queen
- monkey
- paint
- potato
- rat
- q
- pizza
- ox
- mouse
- milk
- ox
- paint
- queen
- needle
- question
- nail
- p
- octopus
- n
- r
- nail
- needle
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